In their match today, the third round of Madrid Open, Nadal lost the first set initially 7-5, despite saving a couple of set points before. Anderson, the 31-year-old US Open runner-up last year, hit 15 aces and 35 winners. While Thiem admits the conditions in Madrid suit him perfectly - it is where he reached his first Masters 1000 final previous year - he also believes he produced exception... [Full Article...]

CSK has nearly qualified for the playoffs now. Rayudu's 100 and Dhoni's hand towards the end meant CSK were comfortably past the target with an over to spare. Their batting appeared casual. His batting practice would just be about going after the bowlers and hitting the ball in to the stands. MS Dhoni will be hoping his bowlers can stand up to the challenge in the Pune heat. [Full Article...]

While Real Madrid are the front runners, Manchester United's hope that Neymar Santos senior can have an affect on any potential deal. This is all a big worry for PSG if true, with Neymar's signing last summer seeming to cause tension at the Parc des Princes. [Full Article...]

Salah who broke the Premier League record with his 32nd goal this season for Liverpool Sunday in the 4-0 win over Brighton, has one more game left with his club this season, in the UEFA Champions League Final May 26. We found during the process we were winning games. So that is the Premier League season. Each season, the final day of the Premier League season (or any soccer season) is ... [Full Article...]

Nearly as painful was the narrowest of margins by which he lost out to his team mate, meaning Ricciardo will start in sixth place - one spot behind Verstappen. "I don't know. We'll try". "Now from turn 1 to turn 4 it's flat-out with corners in it", he explained. "And from turn 7 to turn 10 is also straight now because turn 9 is flat". [Full Article...]

The Spaniard has been fantastic in goal for Manchester United this season making clear-cut saves and rising on several occasions to become the fifth defender for Manchester United's defense when the chips are down. De Gea in a post-match interview said, "It feels good, it is my first Golden Glove award". Amazingly, De Gea, who joined the Red Devils back in 2011, has never won the Golden Glove ... [Full Article...]

James Paxton allowed three runs and six hits in six innings for the Mariners in his first start since throwing a no-hitter Tuesday at Toronto. Goodrum finished 3-for-4 at the plate with a go-ahead home run in the fifth inning and he scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth.That came after Jean Segura had tied the game in the top of the eighth with a two-out, two-RBI single to score Ryo... [Full Article...]

City can become the first team in Premier League history to register 100 points in a single campaign by beating Southampton on Sunday, a feat that would round off a season where Guardiola's men have swept all before them - all, that is, apart from Liverpool . [Full Article...]

Max Verstappen ( Red Bull ) - +0,6436. Bottas was a tenth of a second faster in the morning session than Hamilton's afternoon time at the 4.6-kilometer (2.8-mile) track outside Barcelona . I know everyone will be very, very happy. Stroll almost hit the tire barriers after going off the track with about a half-hour left in the first session. [Full Article...]

The young guns Abhishek Sharma was one of three IPL debutants for Delhi alongside Nepal leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane and South African pacer Junior Dala. Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal also admitted that they need to be more accurate in the death overs. The batting trio of Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, and Rishabh Pant , have all performed exceptionally well. [Full Article...]

Liverpool FC have singled out Malcom as one of their top summer transfer targets, according to reports in the British media. . The trio have been instrumental in firing the Reds to the final in Kiev later this month where they will face off against Real Madrid, who have won the competition in three of the last four campaigns. [Full Article...]

Still, United are in a better position this season than they were last. David Moyes has cast a shadow of uncertainty over his future as West Ham United manager after insisting he wants to manage a club pushing for a European spot. In the four previous campaigns since Ferguson's retirement, United's highest finish has been fourth, with fifth-, sixth- and seventh-placed finishes in the other y... [Full Article...]

The agency says the last illness started back on April 25, and that "illnesses that occurred in the last two to three weeks might not yet be reported ". Most people recover within the first week, according to the CDC, but some infections can be severe. As delicious as Caesar Salad is, it would be advisable - at least for the moment- to switch out romaine for another type of lettuce. [Full Article...]

If Hazard gets the better of Yedlin, The Magpies will have a long night at St James' this weekend. Liverpool could put the final nail in their coffin with a point at home to Brighton, and Conte has been less than committal over his long-term future at the club. [Full Article...]

The North Carolina native, and victor of the U.S. Open in 2012, had 248-yards to the flag at 11 but sent his second shot some 33-yards past the hole and into a rear greenside bunker. He was 17-for-17 on putts from 10 feet or closer. "I thought the ball would stick on the hill (about 18 feet from the pin), but once it started to catch some speed, it was a very good feeling". [Full Article...]

His father, Anatoly Lomachenko, is his trainer. "I'm very happy and I want to say thank you to all of the fans who came out to MSG and Jorge Linares ", Lomachenko said after the fight. Already a two-division champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist Lomachenko made it three in his 12th fight after moving up to 135 pounds. As the Venezuelan retreated, hurt, Lomachenko feinted upstairs before snea... [Full Article...]

The Celtics aren't going to be able to shake James' confidence. On Sunday afternoon, the 33-year-old James will be back on the parquet floor for an Eastern Conference finals rematch with the Celtics, still going strong after all of these years. [Full Article...]

Friday at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before the decisive round, Pennington was heard saying "I'm done", but her coach insisted she should return to the bout. According to Fightmetric, Nunes outlanded Pennington in total strikes 152-to-79. That run included her forty-eight second decimation of Ronda Rousey , who has since left the sport well alone, pursuing a career in the WWE. [Full Article...]

Just days after Lewis Hamilton questioned the layout of the proposed F1 race in Miami, the Briton not only querying the layout but the location of the track, he and Sebastian Vettel were asked about the aero regulations now agreed for next year. [Full Article...]

Mohamed Salah is not giving up on the target of breaking Ian Rush's Liverpool record for the most goals scored in a single season. Liverpool's night was soured when Salah limped towards the touchline eight minutes after the restart with a muscle injury that will make him a serious doubt for the second leg. [Full Article...]